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Wonderbly's new products include books for baby showers

Wonderbly plans further expansion under new owner

Private equity firm Graphite Capital has acquired personalised childrens’ book specialist Wonderbly, with expansion plans including products for third-party clients.

Deanprint's new machine allows the company to feed long sheets

Deanprint increases efficiency with Konica Minolta spend

Deanprint has installed a new Konica Minolta AccurioPress C4080 sheetfed toner press to boost its efficiency and enable it to feed long sheets.

Record number of orders taken at recent China Print expo

K&B: focus on growth markets is paying off

Koenig & Bauer has reported a near-30% increase in order intake, boosted by sheetfed and special presses, and said it was confident about the future as the “global economic engine is increasingly...

UPAC Group is a collective of family-run packaging businesses

UPAC moves to four-day working week

Independent packaging supplier UPAC Group has formalised a four-day working week for its staff.

Reid: "I have always admired the fantastic work the company has done"

Visual Print and Design appoints new business manager

Visual Print and Design has taken on a new business manager to help the company identify new opportunities across the UK and develop client relationships.

Rottenborn: Hybrid acquisition effectively doubled our headcount and revenue

Global Graphics doubles revenue in interim results

Global Graphics has reported a substantial revenue increase in its financial results for the first half of 2020, due in large part to its January acquisition of the Hybrid Software Group and growth in...

Gunning: "With our new cost base, modest increases in revenue will improve profitability"

Grafenia cuts costs for new life post-Covid

Grafenia has published a full year of pandemic-impacted results, with CEO Peter Gunning describing the firm as “the canary in the coronamine” in terms of the knock-on effects across its customer base.

Jones: "We’ve replaced all of our existing equipment with the latest Push to Stops"

Stephens & George completes £16m investment programme

Stephens & George Print Group has rounded off its £16m investment programme with Heidelberg that kicked off in 2018.

Ridgway: Packaging industry “must be mindful of these pressures”

CPMA warns on packaging impact of proposed food regs

The Consumer Packaging Manufacturers Alliance (CPMA) has cautioned that recommended regulation on certain foods could cause issues for the printed packaging industry and the marketing of the products...

A worker at Grafica Veneta inspects work in progress. Image: Grafica Veneta

Book printer raided in gangmaster investigation

One of Europe’s biggest book printers has become embroiled in a ‘gangmaster’ scandal involving the exploitation and abuse of foreign workers.